$3.84 a gallon

Yesterday gas was $3.84 a gallon in Maumelle, for regular. Premium was well over $4.00!

An article in the New York Times says that speculators are responsible for a $30.00 markup on a barrel of oil from a study a few years ago. OPEC claims that refiners are not buying oil, they're limiting the supply of gas to push the cost up.

All I know is that what used to cost me $40.00 a week for groceries is now costing me $60.00 a week for groceries.

Inflation on the cost of fuel and food has steadily been outpacing pay increases for most Americans.

I may have said this before, but I feel like my dad did in the 80's. Politicians are no good, they're working for special interests and those interests aren't necessarily working for the good of our economy or the country. I'm really ticked off about how little congress and the president are doing. They are so out of touch with reality that I think they must all be insane.